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2185 terms, tools, patterns and metrics an architect is expected to use precisely. Each one gets a short explanation of what it is, and — where it matters — what it is commonly confused with. Search filters as you type; the column headers sort.

All areas2185 Architecture Fundamentals77 Distributed Systems107 Data Architecture110 Cloud Architecture89 Networking88 API & Integration Architecture82 Reliability & Resilience75 Observability70 Performance & Capacity Engineering72 Security Architecture81 Cost Architecture & FinOps66 Business Architecture67 Architecture Communication67 Enterprise Architecture66 Legacy Modernization66 AI-Era Architecture69 Software Architecture & Engineering71 Architecture Patterns71 Architecture Decision-Making63 The Architect's Meta-Skills61 Delivery & Release Engineering66 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience70 Testing & Quality Architecture66 Data Platform Architecture64 Streaming & Real-Time Data69 Data Governance & Semantics69 Frontend & Experience Architecture66 Edge, Mobile & IoT68 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture65 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk64
Kind Any concept785 practice729 pattern362 metric125 case-study77 tool62 protocol45

4 terms shown.

Term Kind Topic What it is
Lakehouse pattern Data Lakes & Lakehouses Open table formats over object storage that add transactions, schema enforcement and incremental updates to a data lake.
Schema Evolution concept Data Lakes & Lakehouses Changing a table's structure over time while keeping existing data readable and existing consumers working.
Time Travel Data Versioning, Snapshot Query concept Data Lakes & Lakehouses Querying a table as it existed at a previous version or timestamp, made possible by keeping the metadata and files of prior commits.
Workload Class Isolation Compute Separation by Class, Interactive vs Batch Pools pattern Data Lakes & Lakehouses Running interactive, scheduled and batch analytical workloads on separate compute over shared storage, so that a long-running job cannot make an analyst's query unpredictable.